Daily Republican., 1887-02-04

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mo. I at down q tb sshis vtsS <
prs:sa ttmsat q eoni Ar e,M vhieh Il
could not shake on. Z endsavorsd ~
reason WITH oyssi' bat sHs more 4
ssesoaSd. The nss'4 nsrvsus AID 1 b.
Bang and toe n ~ . rsoors IN the
directioa Of = vsrdov 81 ~o"ls
have bssn - redit 70 81. pound,r.
sprane - nv - 20 sxc;ssS th.. I
hardly ; sew What / vas aSoas ~. and
~ u.,, uso DAT Of the room, franticaily
sPoe Aly aroused, and began TO rsallz
~ "A In the surrounding danger, thas
md made . fool OF myself.
Frsd arose and hAstily dressed Will
X explained the situation, trembling
/ with excitement. Taking Ill the DIR
cum stan css into cousidern, ion, We wsre
agreed that It WAS clear case OF ~
tempt ~ assassination The odOr OF
burnsd powder permeated the room tn
. very noticeable degree. Charley
WhileQ quite vii ing to lend his counsel
positively declined 70 leave ITS bsd.
I had left the lamp burning 10 the
dining room, aud WAS ver' anxlods TO
have IL brought cut. hut under the OR
cumstAnoss preferred shat Fred should
accomplish tbs DIN ,ult feat This he
conrteously but emphatically declined
to do.
"Ifyou want II, 90 and get II. Bon
ner h 90 need ms IN their dry GoOds
business. Aud-beside. it's your lamp.
be Added. .
THE argument appeared TO be con
Iclusive; end Asked
"Aave you . revolver"
"Yes; bus 1t 10 Of tip bottom OF my
trunk"
"rhen got Il on: nt orcs"
While Fred WAS doing this we dis'
Icusssd the adviea5.lity Of sending fo'
itha police but rs neither OF MS were
willisR to venture out Of the house
Ithat idea was abandoned When VI
Rad obtained tho weapJn and ascsr
ltatned th AZ 1t was load ed, We quarrrls I'd
Outright ~ to who should handle 1t.
Fred very generously Compromised
BY proposing Inst sha1ld take q
hatcher, the only ether available wef D
Ion. W, laid down 10 the hall and
crAwlsd like two snskes 70 tbs dining
room door, which In my excitement
had closed, leaving m oreping OF abou
lon inch. Fred cautiously raised oil
head, placed his right eye TO che crack
slowly drew . long breath, then turue(
To me with . mute but wise shake o
1.-THE head. He repeated the operation.
"we;l, what do sou seerI whispered
T, rather impatiently.
Nothing" be replied. "N,v. u
, 'tsll you how we'll manage 1t. 70
open the door and waik In and get th
| lamp, while I stand guard with the pie
I to-"
>, desired to reverse this proposition
> and sepd Fred to the front; bui he n
. msiuAd frm in his determination I
: protsct the interest OF Bonner ~ 10. A
, length Is,rewsd up my courage to tn
!. | sttcki point aud entered 'de r00m
: Not seeing anything suspicious b
= czn1o more com posed, and even bsaa
TO desire to Investigate. Fred also nj
A peavsd to forget the welfare Of q cersai
,. dry goods house, and followed me I'M
the room.
III We opened the back door, aud, wit
>, ey as aud cara on the alert. eDdeavorf
!. to discover some clue TO the assassl
N forgetting that that individual, even
he possessed blu: limited amount
. com mon sense, had escaped whils l W
hi"A - eao4 ~ aRAooA oSuAo $3.50 =
"a fore Our search for olues proved fru
"a less, and our courage rose proportio
m ate!y. II was an unsolved mystery.
We retired not one whit wiser th
In when We began our investigator.
to slept but little. After few hour
m arose. and my wife greeted me with
70. peculiar smile.
~ learned thst she attempted 70 DR.
NJ. some water that movning, aud fon
At the hy drsnt out Of order. The plum
was called In, and he speedily arc
tained that the pipe was burst.
IN. A faint light dawned upon my VI
al "Do they aver-ever-make q NO
"a when they burst?" she asked
"Oh. zeal Often, wheu they fire.
al up like tbif, there ir = report like q
he Of a heavily charged gun"
enl And so the water pipe Was my ass
7 sin!
"a How about smelling the powder?
en- that Ia merely practical illustration
,ar the power Of imagination. But
al Hand-bagaer? He was merchant Y
mt had recently moved 10 town, and ,
,sd troubled with insUm ola, and was {
ing . walk to wear 1t Of. He 10 Z
,ep one OF my intimate friends, and Ii
or such q hard case after all.
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